MKX: The MK8 that we never got?

I agree. It's pretty clear Mortal Kombat X is the MK game the team at NetherRealm wanted to make after Armageddon. Or very close to it anyway.

With Midway hemorrhaging money, the rushed quality of Armageddon and MK vs DCU, the MK team hadn't made a high quality Mortal Kombat for years. With the WB acquisition, the team at NetherRealm Studios had a lot to prove!

They had to prove to WB they were worth the money and that Mortal Kombat was still a viable franchise. With the fans they had to prove MK could be a quality gaming experience with high production values and gameplay that is (arguably) the best in the franchise.

The best way to do that was to reboot the franchise and include all the most beloved characters in the series. Creating a game like MKX right out of the gate with WB would've probably been a really bad decision.

A true reboot of MK's 1-3 would've gotten them stuck right back to making a storyline that tread the same path when they picked up the sequel covering MK 4 and onward. Doing a self-aware reboot allowed them to modify the storyline, kill off a chunk of characters and start with a cleaner slate allowing them to make MKX the kind of game they initially wanted to make after Armageddon.

Part of me always wanted Mortal Kombat (2011) to be less ambitious and be a true reboot of MK 1 and 2 but after seeing what they're doing with MKX, I'm really glad they altered the timeline so they could change things up earlier, adding new ideas and characters that look amazing!
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
Scorpions uniform, Sub-Zero's uniform and Raiden's hat bear a big design resemblance in MK X, imo.
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The only similarity with Scorpion is that he's wearing a hood. Otherwise it's just a basic ninja design with yellow gunk on it.

With Sub Zero it's just the fact that his clothing is padded. There's really nothing else that goes along with the MK8 design.

Raiden is the furthest from looking like this concept art. The only thing that is similar is the cut outs on his hat... Which is something we had in MK9 with Dark Raiden. Everything else about the hat is completely different, though.
 
 
That MK8 Sonya is disreputable! I hope that costume NEVER sees the light of day...especially since Sonya is supposed to be a SOLDIER!

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Noob-Zer013 said:
Don't you own a pair of fighting thongs? Besides, she needs her legs bare so they can shine. Those lovelies are her trade mark.
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Can't say that I do. Men don't look good in thongs. Ever. I think I'm the only gay man who hates seeing a man wear thongs and the like. Some nice tight boxer briefs though... Sheeeit. Sub Zero needs to fight in those, I think.

Yikes. That was hella off topic. And weird.
 
Ricochetmatt said:
Can't say that I do. Men don't look good in thongs. Ever. I think I'm the only gay man who hates seeing a man wear thongs and the like. Some nice tight boxer briefs though... Sheeeit. Sub Zero needs to fight in those, I think.

Yikes. That was hella off topic. And weird.
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Weird > Boring

I get excited everytime I see a man wear a thong.. and I'm straight.
 
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This is a great topic, great way to think of it. I'm so stoked for MKX and cannot wait until more info gets released, and those concepts are sick, that Sub-Zero definitely resembles the MKX Sub-Zero


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natedoggcata said:
This was concept art for a remake of the original Mortal Kombat's 7 characters, not MK8
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No.
This art came out WAAAAY after MK: Armageddon (aka MK7 was out), when Midway was working on a new game, before they changed it to what eventually became MKvsDC.

What is now becoming MK X was originally supposed to be MK8, a more dark-n-gritteh and brutal MK game, but NRS didn't have the funding or resources that they do now, since being bought out by WB and being re-branded.
 
The team at NetherRealm Studios must be applauded for what they did with MKvsDC. They made that game in less than 2 years, on a brand new engine that wasn't built for 60hz & fighting games at all, for two new consoles. The game looked good, fighting was good and it had a very nice story mode. Easily one of the best and hardworking bunch of people at NetherRealm Studios. I highly respect them.
 
Yes probably i got same point from kamal. But this was mixed with mk legacy elements then ( tancharoen ´s work is an aberration). Those skechets if me is not bad is from Vicent Proce and prolly was a visionary imo.
 
I agree! the first time i saw the trailer i realized that they had taken those forgotten images and actually created that game. sure there were some tweaks and revisions to the final design schemes. but that was essentially the same sub-zero and scorpion design that wowed me 5 years ago. I'm glad they took this direction and didn't settle on another borderline campy mk like MK9 was. Mk9 epitomized all that was cool about the 90's incarnation, while also clearing the way for growth. I couldn't be happier with the new direction of mk. I honestly was disappointed that they didn't use UE4 to produce it, but after seeing some true high-def Gifs and Anims I realized that unfortunately internet video does this game no real justice and that the modified UE3 looks incredible! I would just like to say thanks to NRS for finally making the MK i never thought i would see. *sobs* its fckin beautiful guys!!
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
No.
This art came out WAAAAY after MK: Armageddon (aka MK7 was out), when Midway was working on a new game, before they changed it to what eventually became MKvsDC.

What is now becoming MK X was originally supposed to be MK8, a more dark-n-gritteh and brutal MK game, but NRS didn't have the funding or resources that they do now, since being bought out by WB and being re-branded.
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http://vincentproceart.blogspot.com/2009/09/here-are-never-before-seen-mortal.html

"Here are the Mortal Kombat characters I re-designed for a Mortal Kombat pitch I made before I left Midway last year. The basis for the idea was a re-imagining of the Mortal Kombat franchise from the original premise."
 
natedoggcata said:
http://vincentproceart.blogspot.com/2009/09/here-are-never-before-seen-mortal.html

"Here are the Mortal Kombat characters I re-designed for a Mortal Kombat pitch I made before I left Midway last year. The basis for the idea was a re-imagining of the Mortal Kombat franchise from the original premise."
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Yeah, and that Mortal Kombat remake was supposed to be MK8, which never happened (we got MK vs DC instead), which is my point.
Notice how he had said Midway.
This was before MK vs DC came out, before Midway was bought out by WB.
I remember these concept art pictures being leaked online around January of 2008, before the game came out on November 16th of that same year.
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
Yeah, and that Mortal Kombat remake was supposed to be MK8, which never happened (we got MK vs DC instead), which is my point.
Notice how he had said Midway.
This was before MK vs DC came out, before Midway was bought out by WB.
I remember these concept art pictures being leaked online around January of 2008, before the game came out on November 16th of that same year.
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and now you are backpeddling. The remake was never gonna be MK8. The remake was just an idea that they sent to Midway which was shot down.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ed-Boon-Talks-More-Next-Gen-Mortal-Kombat-67603.shtml
"The only thing I can say at the moment is we are going to do a reset, we're going to throw everything from the previous Mortal Kombats, we're going to start from scratch and try to introduce as many new characters as possible, new features, new stuff like that and take advantage of the amazing presentation, graphics that all of a sudden you can do, things that are a lot more real", he explained.
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Yes MK8 was probably what we are getting now and it was in development before they had to do MK vs. DC, but my point is that those concept photos were NOT for what they were working on
 
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